Hellfighters International

Analysis

Hellfighters International is a registered charity in United States, based in Laurel, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Hellfighters International reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.8m, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $657k to $1.4m (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Hellfighters International sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Givemn ($1.4m), Owensboro Museum of Fine Art Foundation Inc ($1.4m) and West Marin Community Services ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.8% and program service revenue 8.5% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $523k. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $3.4m, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 33 employees.